Enchantment
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- See also Enchantment spells.
An enchantment is the bonus (or penalty) that some items have (a +1 leather armor, for example). A bonus (+) increases the item's power, and a penalty (-) decreases the item's power. A cursed item is more than likely going to have a penalty, and likewise a blessed item will often have a bonus.
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[edit] Armor
When an armor is enchanted, the enchantment is added to the armor's AC rating.
You can increase the enchantment of armor using a non-cursed scroll of enchant armor. Be aware that a cursed scroll will decrease the enchantment.
[edit] Gloves
- Gauntlets of power. These gauntlets increase your strength to 25 regardless of what the enchantment is. The enchantment increases the AC the gauntlets give.
- Gauntlets of dexterity. The enchantment on these gauntlets increase your dexterity and AC by its enchantment value.
The enchantment on all other gloves acts the same way as for armor.
[edit] Helms
A helm of brilliance increases the wearer's intelligence and wisdom by its enchantment value.
[edit] Weapons
When a weapon is enchanted, the enchantment is added to the weapon's to-hit bonus and the damage.
You can increase the enchantment of a weapon using a non-cursed scroll of enchant weapon. As with armor, a cursed scroll will decrease the enchantment.
[edit] Rings
Some rings have an enchantment value associated with them:
- ring of adornment
- ring of gain constitution
- ring of gain strength
- ring of increase accuracy
- ring of increase damage
- ring of protection
The enchantment determines how much the ring modifies your attributes and statistics. For example, a +2 ring of protection will lower (i.e. improve) your AC by 2. You can increase a ring's enchantment by charging it using a scroll of charging or the Platinum Yendorian Express Card.
[edit] Losing enchantment
There are many ways an item might lose enchantment:
- Enchanting an item too much will cause it to be destoyed. See scroll of enchant armor, scroll of enchant weapon, and charging for more information.
- Getting hit by a disenchanter will decrease enchantment on weapons and armor, and striking a disenchanter with a weapon will decrease that weapon's enchantment. Disenchanters remove only positive enchantment; a disenchanter will not remove negative enchantment or cause an unenchanted item to gain negative enchantment.
- Reading a cursed scroll of enchant weapon or enchant armor.
- Reading a cursed scroll of charging and selecting a ring as the target.
- Engraving with an edged weapon other than a non-cursed athame.
- Casting a spell of drain life at the item
Erosion does not affect the enchantment on an item.
